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Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use

Posted by timothy on from the voluntary-counts-a-lot-for-me dept.

Howardd21 writes "PC World reports that Mozilla Labs wants 1% of its Firefox users to voluntarily provide information about how they use the browser, and their web browsing habits. This would be done through an add-on named "Test Pilot" that collects the information and associates it with some demographic information that the user has provided. Unlike other data collection utilities that software developers may include to provide usage information, the add-on will follow the same open source concept that Firefox adheres to, allowing the market to better understand what is being collected. Mozilla Labs stresses privacy when discussing how they will collect, store and use the data, including publishing it for other researchers to to analyze."

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  1. Won't happen by jerep · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not giving them my best porn sites.

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    1. Re:Won't happen by Eudial · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey, they gave you libpr0n (safe-ish for work). The least you could do is to share some of the stuff back to them.

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    2. Re:Won't happen by sakdoctor · · Score: 2, Funny

      You'd only be giving them a hash of your best porn sites.
      With so many to choose from, I think your love of horse/goat double penetration is safe.

    3. Re:Won't happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      The Internet King? I wonder if he could provide faster nudity...

    4. Re:Won't happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      You'd only be giving them a hash of your best porn sites.

      Porn, hash, maybe they want me to order them a pizza too?!

  2. Mandatory by Bocconcini · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, open source monitors you!

  3. round 1 by ani23 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use VS Microsoft Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') IE Use Fight

    1. Re:round 1 by ani23 · · Score: 3, Funny

      now with line breaks
      Mozilla Labs Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') Firefox Use
      VS
      Microsoft Wants To Monitor (Volunteers') IE Use.
      Fight

  4. Where "volunteer" equals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not read the EULA thoroughly upon installation?

    1. Re:Where "volunteer" equals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      My copy of firefox didn't come with a EULA you piece of FUD.

  5. Re:How about add needed features instead? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    New features? What a brilliant idea!

    If only there were some way for them to determine what usage scenarios are most common, and what browsing patterns most in need of optimization... so that they could then implement the features that are most needed...

    Maybe they should collect usage statistics or something...

  6. Re:4Chan by alx5000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a browser, not a miracle worker ;)

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  7. Re:Self-selection will skew results by theaceoffire · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, this obviously means they should make more technology porn sites.

    They better share this important info immediately!

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